The Coen bros. continue to surf the wave of victory right to Venice. We get wind today that their new spy film Burn After Reading has been chosen to open the Venice Film Fest. We get the scoop from the foreboding and mysterious caves of Yahoo: A spy comedy by … [Read More]
Get ready for another dose of Lanthimos weirdness with a sprinkle of Emma Stone charm! Hot off the heels of their Oscar success with “Poor Things,” the dynamic duo of director Yorgos Lanthimos and actress Emma Stone are teaming up for a brand new project titled “Kinds of Kindness.” A … [Read More]
Ava DuVernay introduced her new film ‘Origin’ to an enthusiastic audience last week at the Whitby Hotel. ‘Origin’ is inspired by Isabel Wilkerson’s NY Times bestseller “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents’. This non-fiction book digs into the roots of racism, and that alone doesn’t appear to be narrative movie … [Read More]
Woody Allen enchanted the audience at the Venice Film Festival this year with a three-minute-long standing ovation for his film Coupe de Chance (Stroke of Luck). Despite receiving an overwhelming response for his movie, protestors at the event didn’t seem much impressed. The French film revolves around the unhappy wife … [Read More]
Sir Patrick Stewart Is Honored during Chicago International Film Festival was honored with a Special Tribute night on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival. This spring, the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor earned some of the best reviews of his career as Professor Charles … [Read More]
Genre: Documentary Director: Charlie Siskel (co-director of “Finding Vivian Maier”) Runtime: 80 minutes @ the Chicago International Film Festival Documentary filmmaker Charlie Siskel (nephew of Gene) has a new documentary set to be released in March that should earn him an Academy Award nomination, just as his work on “Finding … [Read More]
Peter Bogdanovich, along with ex-wife Louise Stratton and the makers of a documentary on Bogdanovich’s career entitled “One Day Since Yesterday,” attended a screening entitled “Peter Bogdanovich and the Lost American Film” at the Chicago Film Festival on Sunday, October 16th. Bogdanovich was awarded the Golden Hugo by Michael Kutza, … [Read More]
Opening Night of the Chicago International Film Festival brought out one of the hottest young directors working today, Damien Chazelle (“Whiplash”), coupled with such veterans as Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Rooker and his director in “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” (1986), John McNaughton, as well as the French director of … [Read More]
Finally opening in theaters this weekend will be Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises. I delayed a Top Ten list for it and didn’t bother with one after waiting so long to see most of the contenders at play. (At the end of 2014, I won’t be waiting.) The Wind Rises played … [Read More]
Toronto has been known for the Toronto International Film Festival, but the real heart of horror films has been for the last number of years, The Toronto After Dark Film Festival. This festival in the past has been resposible for being one of the few if not only screenings of … [Read More]
I certainly wouldn’t have given it to him. Personally I think Tim Burton is the most horrendously overrated director working in movies today (please note I didn’t say WORST director… just seriously overrated). But even I have to admit that there is no denying Burton has made some very popular … [Read More]
If you haven’t seen Spirited Away yet, stop reading this, go out to a video store and rent it now. It’s a magical piece of story telling that apparently creator Hayao Miyazaki has transfered into his latest project “Howl’s Moving Castle“. This marks the first animated film to be entered … [Read More]